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Knicks Throw a Garden Party

Win Over Thunder Delights Home Crowd and Stops a Three-Game Losing Skid

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Kevin Clark

Updated Dec. 23, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET

Regardless the situation, the Madison Square Garden crowd has now adopted an "MVP!" chant for star forward Amar'e Stoudemire in the same way they have any other standard cheer that booms through the arena nightly.

They hollered it again Wednesday night, and though Mr. Stoudemire scored 23, an off night for him, his effort produced something particularly valuable: a lesson that the Knicks can win without his domination.